Saturday, December 14, 2013

Octagón in the Hall of Fame

On December 11th, 2013, legendary Mexican luchador Octagón was inducted into the Hall of Fame in Miguel Hidalgo, D.F.Octagón (Juan Escalera) has been wrestling December 1981 and in his 32 years in the ring has held a lot of titles. This is his second such honor because in 2011 he was inducted into the AAA Hall of Fame.

Octagón was involved in one of the greatest Lucha Libre matches of all time when he and El Hijo del Santo took on La Pareja del Terror (the late Art Barr and the late Eddie Guerrero) at AAA When Worlds Collide on November 6th, 1994. The event was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California and was sponsored by AAA and the WCW.